MELBOURNE RENEGADES

ABOUT :

The Melbourne Renegades are an Australian professional men's Twenty20 franchise cricket club based in Melbourne, the capital city of the Australian state of Victoria. They compete in the Australian Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League. The team is coached by David Saker and captained by Nic Maddinson.

Full Name: Melbourne Renegades,

Nick Name: MR

Founded: 2011

Ground: Marvel Stadium

Prominent Players: Aaron Finch, Shaun Marsh, Imran Tahir

Captain - Aaron Finch

Jersey - Red coloured tracks and t-shirts with a strap of black near the waist

Our Homeground : MARVEL STADIUM

HISTORY :

The Renegades' foundation captain was Victorian all-rounder Andrew McDonald and coached by then Victorian Bushrangers one-day coach, Simon Helmot. In their first season, the Renegades signed local state players such as Aaron Finch, Glenn Maxwell, Brad Hodge and Dirk Nannes, along with Pakistani imports Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq. The Renegades struggled in their first season, only winning two games against the Sydney Thunder and the Sydney Sixers respectively. Aaron Finch scored 259 runs, whilst Shahid Afridi took 10 wickets.

In 2015-16 Chris Gayle and Cameron White added to the star-studded Melbourne Renegades squad Finished 5th on the points table. 2016-17 Brad Hogg and Sunil Narine were included in the Renegades spin department Finished 5th on the points table. 2017-18 Kieron Pollard and Kane Richardson were new recruits for MR Dwayne Bravo picked the joint-most wickets in BBL 2017-18 (18) Finished 3rd on the points table and lost the semi-finals. 2018-19 Daniel Christian, Harry Gurney and Usman Shinwari joined the Renegades Kane Richardson was the highest wicket-taker in the tournament (24) Finished 2nd on the points table and won the BBL title for the first time in the history of the tournament. 2019-20 Shaun Marsh joined MR Finished 8th (last) on the points table.